#B5A934#B5A934

#B5A934 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.134 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A934
RGB	rgb(181, 169, 52)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 71.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -9.11, 58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 59.38, 98.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.031 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.134 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8653, 38.4490, 8.8857)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A934 #3440B5

analogous

#B56934 #B5A934 #80B534

triadic

#B5A934 #34B5A9 #A934B5

tetradic

#B5A934 #34B569 #3440B5 #B53480

square

#B5A934 #34B569 #3440B5 #B53480

split-complementary

#B5A934 #3480B5 #6934B5

monochromatic

#565019 #857D26 #B5A934 #CFC457 #DCD587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B5A934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#B5A934 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A934

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A934	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 169, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.134 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc273',
    500: '#b5a934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a934;
$custom-light: #cfc273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72404,
    "c": 0.13395,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A934

secondary

#7F85C6

accent

#57DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A934

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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